I love to use a mortar and pestle to make powdered spice mixes for meals. When the pestle pounds seeds from coriander, mustard, cumin, cardamom, and more -- the aroma is absolutely intoxicating! It’s ...
The Complete Guide to Sun Drying Fruits and Vegetables
Drying fruits, vegetables, and herbs is a process that has been around for a long time. In fact, it's one of the earliest known methods of food preservation. Today, we take the ability to ...
10 Clever Uses for Discarded Sourdough Starter
Look at any package of store-bought bread and you’re likely to turn up your nose in disgust after reading the ingredients. From artificial flavors to preservatives you can’t pronounce, there are a lot ...
How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds for a Healthy Snack
Pumpkins have many uses, and the one that gets the most attention is the beloved Jack-O-Lantern...and that makes sense. The smell of a roasting pumpkin casserole in the oven is to die for, pumpkin ...
How to Make Homemade Olive Oil: A Step-by-Step Guide
Trying to be completely self-sufficient? Why not add homemade olive oil to your impressive survivalist skillset? There is nothing better than having complete control over what you consume and you ...
Pressure Canning Meat: A Simple Tutorial to Get You Started
The first time that I canned meat, I was nervous; I won't lie to you. Pressure canning meat feels intimidating, and you don't want to do it wrong. No one wants to make their family sick, and images of ...
How to Pressure Can Soup for Home Canners
Opening a jar of homemade soup on a cold fall evening is one of my favorite pleasures, and it makes all of the work of pressure canning soup worth it. Canned soup that you purchase in the store will ...
23 Easy yet Delicious Beginner Recipes for the Inexperienced Cook
“Oh no!”, I shouted as the flames rose from my stove. I was expecting my then-boyfriend (who turned into my husband) to be at my apartment any minute for dinner. The only problem was I didn’t know ...
13 Best Cooking YouTube Channels to Learn Vital Cooking Skills
Facts are facts. If you can’t cook, you won’t be able to make it in a self-sufficient lifestyle. Why? Because food requires preparation. You can’t be self-sufficient yet living on processed ...